| Geoid Determination: Theory and Methods 2013 Edition Contributor(s): Sansò, Fernando (Editor), Sideris, Michael G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3540746994 ISBN-13: 9783540746997 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $313.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2013 Annotation: This book consolidates, unifies and streamlines material in a unique way, not covered by the few other books that exist on the determination of geoid. It presents the theory and methodology of the most common techniques used for precise determination of the geoid, including the computation of the marine geoid from satellite altimetry data. In addition, the book provides fundamentals of estimating orthometric heights without spirit levelling, by properly combining a geoid with heights from GPS. The overall purpose of this book is to provide the user community (academics, graduate students, geophysists, engineers, oceanographers, GIS and GPS users, researchers) with a self-contained textbook, which will supply them the complete roadmap of estimating geoid undulations, from the theoretical definitions and formulas to the available numerical methods and their implementation and test in practice. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Geophysics - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology |
| Dewey: 526.1 |
| Series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (3.40 lbs) 734 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book will be based on the material of the lecture noties in several International Schools for the Determination and Use of the Geoid, organized by the International Geoid Serivice of the International Association of Geodesy. It consolidates, unifies, and streamlines this material in a unique way not covereed by the few other books that exist on this subjext. More specifically, the book presents (for the first time in a single volume) the theory and methodology of the most common technique used for precise determination of the geoid, including the computation of the marine geoid from satellite altimetry data. These are illustrated by specific examples and actual computations of local geoids. In addition, the book provides the fundamentals of estimating orthometric heights without spirit levelling, by properly combining a geoid with heights from GPS. Besides the geodectic and geophysical uses, this last application has made geoid computation methods very popular in recent years because the entire GPS and GIS user communities are interested in estimating geoid undulations in order to convert GPS heights to physically meaningful orthometric heights (elevations above mean sea level). The overall purpose of the book is, therefore, to provide the user community (academics, graduate students, geophysicists, engineers, oceanographers, GIS and GPS users, researchers) with a self-contained textbook, which will supply them with the complete roadmap of estimating geoid undulations, from the theoretical definitions and formulas to the available numerical methods and their implementation and the test in practice. |